Hat-pin-point protector.



W. GRAMAOKI.

HAT PIN POINT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.16, 1913.

1,074,857, Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

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WALTER GRAMACKI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAT-PIN-POINT PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

Application filed January 16, 1913. Serial No. 742,350.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER GRAMAGKI, a subject of the Czar of Russia, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin-Point Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hat pin point protectors that is to a device designed for use in protecting the point of a hat pin to prevent injury through contact therewith when the pin is worn and to lock the pin in position in the hat against accidental displacement.

The object of my invention is the production of a hat pin point protector which will be of simple and economical construction, one which may be readily and easily attached or detached, one which will be of neat and finished appearance, and one which will be eflicient in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of a hat pin point protector embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawings comprises a tubular body 1 one end of which is open for the insertion of a hatpin point, said end being flared as shown in order to facilitate the insertion of the pin point. Arranged about the opposite end of the body 1 is a U-shaped member 2 secured in position by means of a screw 3 which passes through the bight of said member and which is threaded into the end of the body 1 as shown, said screw serving also to secure in position an ornamental head 4:. Formed upon the base of the head 4 is an extension 5 which embraces the rearward or bight portion of the member 2 serving to hold the latter rigidly in position.

The respective ends 6 of the member 2 constitute resilient engaging arms which normally assume divergent or inoperative positions, permitting of the ready insertion of the hat pin point into the mouth of the body 1. Movement of the arms 6 into operative position is effected through the medium of a ring or loop 7 which loosely embraces said arms, the arrangement being such that upon sliding of the member 7 outwardly upon the arms 6, the latter will be forced inwardly so that the inwardly turned ends thereof will contact with the opposite sides of the pin point inserted into the body 1 to lock the device in position upon the pin. Frictional engagement of the member 7 with the arms 6 serves to hold the former in operative relation with said arms, release of said arms, in order to detach the device, being effected by moving the member 7 rearwardly, the arms 6, upon such movement of said member, moving outwardly to disengaging positions. In order to securely engage the pin, the contacting edges of the arms 6 are notched or recessed as at 8 as clearly shown in Fig. 2. If desired, in order to insure a secure engagement of the arms 6 with the hat pin, the opposite sides of the latter may be notched at the point of engagement therewith of said arms.

A device of the construction as set forth is of durable and economical construction, the same may be readily and quickly arranged in position upon a hat pin point and as expeditiously detached when desired. 'In addition the construction is neat in appearance and so will add to the ornamentation of the hat in conjunction with which the same is used.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A hat pin point protector comprising a tubular body open at one end; a resilient U-shaped member embracing the opposite end of said body, the bight of said member closing. said last mentioned end of said bodya head at said last mentioned end of sai body having an extension thereon embracing said bight portion of said U-shaped member to retain the same in position upon said body; a screw for fastening said headand said U-shaped member to said body, the to and to retain the same in clamping reopposite ends of said U-shaped member conlation, substantially as described. stituting resilient engaging arms positioned In testimony whereof I have signed my at opposite sides of said body; corr'espondname to this specification in the presence 5 ing ends of said arms being free andposiof two subscribing- Witnesses.

tio-ned adjacent said open end oi said body, 1 VALTER GRAMACKL said ends normally assumlng divergent mi V operative positions; and means loosely em- Witnesses: bracing said arms and adapted to be moved JOSHUA R. H. POTTS, 10 thereon toforee said free ends of said arms A. A. OLsorIj Copies of this patent may be obtained for five eents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents:

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